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Minor earthquake 3.3344196953066 mag, 42 km WSW of Olancha, CA


Earthquake location 36.138668060303S, -118.44033050537WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3344196953066 (ml/mb) was reported 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Olancha in CA on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/12/25 / 2025-12-03 13:18:02 / December 3, 2025 @ 1:18 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -118.44033050537 West, latitude 36.138668060303 North, depth = 4.3299999237061 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.3299999237061 km (3 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ci41131543. Unique identifier: ci41131543. The temblor was reported at 13:18:02 / 1:18 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from Visalia (c. 124 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Tulare (c. 59 300 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Porterville (c. 54 200 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Lindsay (c. 11 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Farmersville (c. 10 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tulare, Earlimart, Visalia.

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 42 km WSW of Olancha, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.3344196953066 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -118.44033050537° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.138668060303° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 4.3299999237061 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 42 km WSW of Olancha, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-12-03 13:18:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-03 13:20:13 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status automatic Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 171 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network ci The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,ci, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 53 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1038 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.219999999 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 44 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID ci41131543 Id of event.
Event Code 41131543 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci41131543, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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